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State: [[Baden-Württemberg]]<br> | State:[[Baden-Württemberg]]<br> | ||
District (Kreis): [[Rhein-Neckar Kreis]] (until 1973 [[Mannheim (kreis)|Mannheim]]) | District (Kreis):[[Rhein-Neckar Kreis]] (until 1973 [[Mannheim (kreis)|Mannheim]]) | ||
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The horseshoe is quite a common symbol for villages and towns in medieval Baden. Brühl also used a horseshoe as a symbol since at least 1496. It never used arms and on the seals the horseshoe was used as the sole image (not in a shield). In 1900 the horseshoe was first used in arms. As colours the colours of the Wittelsbach family were chosen, as the village belonged for a long time to the Pfalz, a possession of the Wittelsbach family. | The horseshoe is quite a common symbol for villages and towns in medieval Baden. Brühl also used a horseshoe as a symbol since at least 1496. It never used arms and on the seals the horseshoe was used as the sole image (not in a shield). In 1900 the horseshoe was first used in arms. As colours the colours of the Wittelsbach family were chosen, as the village belonged for a long time to the Pfalz, a possession of the Wittelsbach family. | ||
'''[https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/bibliography/ Heraldic Bibliography]''': Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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BRÜHL
State:Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis):Rhein-Neckar Kreis (until 1973 Mannheim)
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The horseshoe is quite a common symbol for villages and towns in medieval Baden. Brühl also used a horseshoe as a symbol since at least 1496. It never used arms and on the seals the horseshoe was used as the sole image (not in a shield). In 1900 the horseshoe was first used in arms. As colours the colours of the Wittelsbach family were chosen, as the village belonged for a long time to the Pfalz, a possession of the Wittelsbach family.
Heraldic Bibliography: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
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